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FIELD TRIALS. 
Aug. 21.-Emmetsburg,.Ia.-Third annual, ^1^1 Moines*** 1^. 
Iowa Field Trials Association. M. Bruce, ^ec v Des Momes la. 
Aug. 28. -Sioux Falls, S. D.-Inaugural field trials oi the somn 
Dakotk Field Trials Association. Olav Haugtro. Secy, bioux 
^Sept^'3^:-La Salle. Manitoba, Can.-Western Canada Kennel 
ClubV annual field trials. A. Lake, Sec'y. Winnipeg. Manitoba, 
*^s"ept. 6-7.-Brandon, Manitoba, Can -Third annual field trials of 
the Brandon Kennel Club. Dr. H. J. Elliott. Sec y. 
^eot 11 —Carmen Manitoba, Can.— Fourteenth annual field trials 
of the Manitoba pTek Trials ciub. Eric Hamber, Sec'y, Winnipeg, 
^OcfaX-Senecaville. O -Monongahela yalley Game and F^h 
Protective Association's sixth annual field trials. A. C. ir-eterson, 
^&'7?-HaiJ"conn.-Connecticut Field Trials Cmb', field 
trials. J. E. Bassett, Sec'y^ Box 603, New Haven, Conn._ 
NoV. •'7-8 -Lake A^iew, ^kich-ThM annual fieW trials of the 
Michigan Field Trials Association. E. Rice. Sec'y, Grand Rapids, 
^Nov 12 -Bicknell, Ind.-Third annual field trials of the In- 
dependent' Fkld Trials Club. P. T. Madison, Sec'y, Indianapolis, 
^°l^nv n— Chatham Ont.— Twelfth annual field trials of the In- 
ternadonai Field Tdals Club. W. B. Wells, Hon. Sec'v. 
Nov 16 -Newton, N. C.-Eastern Field Trials CluS's twenty- 
second annual field tr^lr^^'^'?'',^;^,^'"^^^ 
Simon C. Bradley, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill, Conn. , 
20 -— - — .-Illinois Field Trials Association's second 
annual field tri'als. O. W. Ferguson, Sec'y Mattoon, 111. ^ 
Nov 20.-Ruthven, Ontario, ean.-Second annual field trials of 
the North American Field Trials Club. F. E. Marcon. Jr., Secy, 
W^"„'i^°^^"°Pa^lcentral Beagle Club's annual field trials. A. 
^-N^^rii^-GlSo^^^K Field Trials Club's annual 
n'or|!f-P^/r^rMo'-Fouftf the Missouri 
Weld Trials Association. L. S. Eddins, Sec'y Seda ha. Mo 
■Nnv ?n— Newton N. C— Continental Field Trials Clubs sixth 
annSIi 'field'' Uials-Members' Stake. Dec. 3. Derby. Theo. 
Sturges, Sec'y, Greenfield Hill. Conn. 
Mad Fits and Other Fits. 
Editor Forest and Stream: 
It is humorous to notice the positiveness of some 
people .md the creduHty of others who ohserve their 
positiveness. Let them say a mad dog was killed and 
the fact is settled. They know all about the disease and 
can diagnose without a possibility of error. 
But I leave these wiseacres to speak of several cases of 
fits that came under my notice. I had a pointer that had 
been poisoned with strychnine, but which, by the timely 
use of laudanum and tannin, recovered. After that he 
would occasionally have a fit, which I could quite easily 
distinguish from the spasms caused by strychnine. One 
day. as I was sitting in my house, somebody called, 
"There is something the matter with your dog!" I ran 
down stairs to find him pitching and falling, and trying to 
get on his feet. To prevent him from plunging against 
objects, I held him down until his symptoms passed of?. 
At the time there was a young man near who seemed 
half scared to death; and the way he vaulted the fence 
was a credit to a double-somersault acrobat. 
Another man who was at work on the roof of a house 
nearby yelled with the voice of a catamount, "Kill him 1 
He's mad!" . . 
He was then four years old, and lived to do service in 
the field for about seven more years. 
I had a fine Gordon setter that was taken sick, and I 
had reason to think he had been given poison by some 
person with whom the Golden Rule was no more than 
honesty with a thief. He kept in his kennel, and a sicker 
dog I never saw, to all appearance. His mouth \yas 
flecked with foam, and when I offered him food or drink 
he would turn away his head, as if to say, "Don't urge 
it; I loathe it." Perhaps nine persons out of ten would 
have declared he was mad; but he showed not the least 
inclination to bite anjlhing. Seeing that death was in- 
evitable, I led him out and shot him, which in my sorrow 
T would not have done could I have trusted the police- 
men and others, whom I had known to do the most 
bungling work of this kind. 
Incidentally, white froth is not an indication of rabies, 
but a stringy, ropy saliva is. 
A dog was taken with a fit in this city, and was at 
cnce shot at. Wounded, he ran, with a lot of boys and 
men after him with shotguns, wrought up to the highest 
pitch of excitement and vengeful impetuosity. They 
shot him after he had crept under a house to escape his 
tormentors. 
Dogs and cats are liable to fits. Cats sometimes act 
strangely. I had one that would start on a sudden to 
run around the room with uncommon swiftness, as if 
being hotly pursued. .One day the door stood half open 
and she leaped over it as though it was a fence but 4 feet 
high. N. D. Elting. 
Central City, W. Va. 
International Field Ttial Club's Derby Entries. 
Chatham, Ont. — The Derby will be followed by the 
Ail-Age Stakes, open to all pointers and setters, irre- 
spective of former winnings, the entries for which close 
on Nov. I. 
At a meeting of the executive committee held at the 
Garner House, Chatham, on the 8th inst., the following 
gentlemen were invited to act as judges: Dr. Totten, 
Forest; J. S. Armstrong, Detroit, and A. Harrington, 
Leamington. 
Engli.sh Setters. 
Charles Mills' Nell's Dash (Dick— Brighton Nelly). 
John Kime's Lady Dot (Druid, Jr.— Lady Dell), 
W. B. Wells' Selkirk Hope— (Tony's Hope— Luna), 
j. B. Dale's Lady Sparkle (Dan Thiers — Lady S. 
Gladstone). 
Geo. Kime's Dell's Pride and Tripley's Grace (pedi- 
gree not given). 
H. M. Graydon's Hidden Mystery (Brighton Bob — 
Venus). 
H, M. Graydon's Top Gallant (Roy of London- 
Fanny). 
J. B. Evans' Nelly Evans (Roy of London— Fanny 
^^'i. W. Shaw's System (Druid's Count— Belton Girl). 
L. H. & M. A, Smith's Rhoebe's Kate Wind 'Era 
(Tony's Boy— Rhoebe Wind 'Em). 
L H. & M. A. Smith's Rhoebe's Dan Wind Em 
(Tony's Boy— Rhoebe Wind 'Em). 
Pointers. 
Marcon & Morton's Lord Jingo (Lad of Jingo— 
J W Aitken's Count of Kent (Duke of Kent— Belle). 
J W. .\itken's Duchess of Kent (Duke of Kent- 
Belle). 
Points and Flushes* 
Mr. R. B. Morgan, well known as a trainer and field 
trial handler, but more specially in later years as a 
trainer for field work specialty, has settled m Pryor 
Creek, Indian Territory, and has already achieved a 
distinctive popularity with his new neighbors. The Pryor 
Creek Clipper devotes three columns to Mr. Morgan and 
his kemiel, and therewith publishes a portrait of Mr. 
Morgan's famous English setter, Mandan. a celebrated 
winner in his da3^ back in the 8o's. Mr. Morgan was 
one of the first to be identified with field trials m Amer- 
ica, and his name is conspicuous in their history as being 
among those who achieved success. 
The prize list of the nineteenth annual dog show of 
the Danbury Agricultural Society, to be held on Oct. 2 
to 6 at Danbury. 'Conn., can be obtained on application 
to Mr. G. M. Rundle, the Secretary. Mr. James Morti- 
mer will superintend the show. The judges are Messrs. 
Dudley E. Waters. Grand Rapids, Mich.. St. Bernards; 
George Jarvis, New York, pointers ; Dr. H. Clay Glover, 
New York, setters and fox hounds ; A. D. Lewis, Hemp- 
stead. L. L. collies and sheep dogs; Geo. F. Reed. Bar- 
ton. Vt. beagles; Henry Jarrett. Chestnut Hill. Phila- 
delphia fox terriers ; Wm. M. Caswell, Rye, N. Y.. Irish 
terriers; Chas. H. Mason. New York, all other breeds. 
Entries close on Sept. 20. 
Yachting Fixtures, J900. 
Secretaries and ttiembers of race committees will confer a favor 
by sending notice of errors or omissions in the following hst and 
also of changes which may be made in the future. 
AUGUST. 
23. Plymouth, open, Plymouth Harbor. 
25. Haverhill, third championship, Haverhill, Mass. 
24-25. Inland Lake, Lake Geneva Til. 
25. Royal St. Lawrence. Lake of Two Motintams regatta. 
25. Duxbury, open, Duxbury, Mass. 
25. Nahant, dory class, Nahant, Massachusetts Bay. 
25 Huguenot, annual. New Rochelle, Long Island Sound. 
25. Manhasset, special. Port Washington. Long island Sound. 
25. Hull-Massachusetts, club. Hull. Boston Harbor. 
25. Penafaquit Cor., special. Bay Shore, Great South Bay. 
25. Jamaica Bav. open. Canarsie. Jamaica Bay. 
2.5. King.ston. club. Kingston, Lake Ontario. 
25 Corinthian, championship. Marblehead, Massachusetts Bay. 
25! South Boston, ladies' day, City Point, Boston Harbor. 
25. Ouannapowiftt. , . , ^ ^ -n 
25. Seawanhaka Cor., Center Island memorial cup, Oyster Jiay, 
Long Island Sound. 
25. Oueen City, 17ft. special, Toronto. Toronto Bay. 
27. Cape Cod. open. Provincetown, Mass. _ 
27-31. Seawanhaka and Philadelphia Corinthian, interclub matches, 
Ov.ster Bay, LonR Island Sound. 
28. Wellfleet. open. Wellfleet, Mass. 
31. Wollaston, open. 
It seems that the 70-footers are not the only yachts 
which are suffering from lightness of construction. Here 
we have the 51-footers Shark and Altair hauled out, with 
their bows twisted in much the same manner as the 70- 
footers, only worse. It is said that Shark's stem re- 
sembles a letter S. This sort of experimenting may 
undoubtedly bring out a Cup defender which will put 
the challenger for 1901 up a hollow tree, but there is not 
much satisfaction in it for the men who have had these 
boats built. — Boston Globe. 
Cruise of the Crescent. 
The Skipper's Yam. 
Next morning, after a swim (abridged but riot aban- 
doned because of the A. F.'s shark stories) and breakfast, 
the Crescent was once more gotten under way and went 
dancing across Great Bay and past the fish factory with- 
out incident until she grounded in the bight of a bar at 
the Aijchoring Islands, back of New Inlet. A little 
maneuvering in the teeth of a strong ebb tide soon got 
her clear, and she was once more in the deep water of 
the inlet, and courtesying to Father Neptune like the 
little lady she is. Crossing the inlet the Skipper trolled 
with the only remaining squid' on the boat on the chance 
of striking a bluefish. He caught nothing, however, but 
launches of floating sea grass, which necessitated con- 
stant reeling in and — remarks. The Cook said the re- 
marks were uncalled for. until he was invited to try it 
himself. A heavenly smile illumined his features a mo- 
ment later and he reeled in a huge tangle of seaweed. 
When he saw what he had caught — well, the Skipper was 
justified. By noon the Crescent was moored at the 
wharf of the Beach Haven Y. C. and dinner was in 
order. After that important feature of the itinerary was 
disposed of the Skipper lay down for a pipe, and owing 
to the satisfying nature of the Cook's performance fell 
asleep almost immediately. The crew thereupon meanly 
deserted him and went over to the beach for a walk and 
a surf bath, and the Skipper slept peacefully until their 
return about 4 o'clock. As soon as a supply of fresh 
water had been put on board from the Hotel de Crab 
we sailed out to the fishing grounds and enjoyed an hour's 
good sport before supper. After tliat meal the biting 
fell of? until the Skipper noticed that some kind of fish 
were feeding on minnows at the surface of the water. 
Taking everything off the line but one hook, fie baited 
up with a nice juicy joint of crab, having a long streamer 
of white meat attached, and allowed the tempting morsel 
to float out on the tide. The bait was snatched almost 
immediately, and after a struggle the larg-est weakfish 
of the cruise was boated. The surface fishing for weak- 
fish was a new wrinkle to the Crescents, and the absence 
of any lead on the line, allowing the fish more play, made 
better sport than any they had yet enjoyed. At this an- , 
chorage we spent another fine moonlight evening, en- 
livened by the presence of some gay sailing parties from 
Beach Haven. During the night we were wakened by 
a terrific jolting and creaking and found that a north- 
erly gale had risen and a strong flood tide was holding 
the Crescent stern-on to it, while the big waves beat away 
as though they were trying to batter her to pieces or at 
least tear the rudder off. Making the tjUer . fast,, we 
turned in again and slept as best we could until morning-. 
The gale continued and the Cook refused to get break- 
fast with the boat dancing around like an unbroken colt. 
This necessitated running in to the Beach Haven wharfs 
where the water was quiet. v\fter doing full justice to 
the Cook's weakfish (and beans) we got under way for 
Barnegat Bay. By the time the upper end of Little Egg 
Harbor was reached the gale had died away to a zephyr. 
The reefs were shaken out, but still in the narrow chan- 
nel of lower Manahawken Bay our progress was slow, 
wind and tide setting against us. Walt, in an abbreviated 
costume, stood in the bow and sang out "Hard a-lee!" 
whenever he saw yellow water ahead. Between times he 
deftly netted the crabs as they sprawled by on the surface. 
Then he would give the net a twist and send the lively 
crustaceans sliding aft over the top of the cabin, to create 
a panic in the gentle breasts of his shipmates. 
After a tedious beat against wind and tide up a chan- 
nel averaging 70 feet in width we reached the Tuckerton 
Railroad bridge. Through an error of judgment in try- 
ing to pass the wrong side of the draw there was a mo- 
mentary m-ix-up of boat and drawbridge. The Skipper 
called for assistance to get the Crescent clear. There 
was no response. Walt, Koons and the Cook were gaz- 
ing enraptured at a group of fair mermaids who were 
bathing from a boat moored nearby. There was no 
moving the crew. They did not wake from their trance 
until the unaided efforts of the Skipper had swung the 
Crescent clear of the bridge, fortunately without damage. 
Then they wanted to know what the hurry was, anyhow. 
Wriggling out through the tortuous channel into the 
open bay, we anchored to wait for the tide to cover a few 
of the bars and incidentally to discuss the ever-welcome 
lunch. The sail up the bay in the afternoon was rendered 
interesting by the entire disappearance of the channel. 
We searched all the way across the bay for it. Then the 
Crescent ran aground, and all hands, wading alongside, 
sailed her about a hundred yards through a bed of mud 
and grass. Finally the rising tide simplified the search 
for water and we rounded Gulf Point and were once 
more in Barnegat Bay, The wind was rather light from 
the N.N.E. and the Crescent bowled merrily along, ap- 
parently relieved, as were her crew, to feel aqua salus un- 
der her keel, in place of terra mudda. 
Five o'clock found the Crescent off Cedar Point and" 
her crew fishing for their supper. Then, as the rising 
wind and darkening sky portended a rough night on 
the bay, we ran into Cedar Creek, where we obtained 
fresh water and found a delightful anchorage in the lee 
of the pine woods. Soon the aroma of coffee and frying 
fish (and beans) mingled with the odor of the pines and 
the crew gathered about the homely board and did full 
justice to the fare. 
The next morning, Friday, after the usual prelimi- 
naries, we ran up before a fresh southerly breeze to 
Island Heights. By the time we reached Good Luck 
Point the wind had increased to a gale and we were 
obliged to reef for the run up the river. The post office 
and other points of interest in the borough were visited, 
including an ice cream saloon and a provision shop, after 
which we" sailed over to Swiss Cottage Cove, our first 
anchorage, for a swim and dinner. After dinner the 
Skipper kept ship while the crew went ashore to pick 
huckleberries in the woods. ■ ■• 
In the afternoon it dawned upon the Cook that the 
next day would end the cruise, and as a fitting finale for 
the oming he set to work to prepare a stew that should! ' 
eclipse all his previous efforts in the culinary line. The 
result would certainly have been a finisher in more than 
one sense had the Crescents not been mercifully provided 
with ostrichlike digestive apparatus. The Cook is an 
economical cook. He was determined that nothing 
should be wasted. He overhauled the stores and put 
them all in his pot and stirred tliem» up. Some of the 
ingredients of this delectable concoction were a can of 
tomato soup, a can of chicken soup, a can of baked 
beans, salt pork, meat of two weakfi.sh, potatoes, new 
onions, pickled onions, eggs, doughballs, more baked 
beans and other things. The Cook said he could eat 
some for supper and the rest would do for the next day. 
It did. Walt says fiis share did for several days and the 
Skipper was waked during the night by Koons tossing 
about and trying to batter down the centerboard trunk, 
apparently under the impression that it was the Cook, 
liowever, beyond these slight expressions of discontent 
there were no bad results, which shows beyond perad- 
venture that there's a Divinity that shapes our ends, 
rough-stew them as we may. Koons has been worried 
ever since. He is afraid his failure to die at sea that 
night proves that he was born to be hanged. 
The gale from the south had continued all day, and 
toward evening we went out close reefed to see how it 
looked on the bay. As we ran out from the sheltering 
woods the wind caught our bit of rag and the good little 
Crescent heeled over until the water was boiling along 
the bottom of the cockpit combing. The water was 
smooth, but out beyond Good Luck Point the whitecaps 
were running, and as we ran into them a big one struck 
the bow and came aft in a sheet over the top of the 
house, the most of it catching the skipper in the eyes 
and mouth. Koons, who, as has been remarked, is not 
a sailor, always expressed the utmost confidence in the 
Skipper's judgment, but when that first wave came 
aboard his pathetic reference to his wife and little ones 
indicated that what little confidence he had left had been 
transferred to Providence. It didn't seem to comfort 
him much either. It was rough weather, but easing the 
sheet and humoring her, the Crescent took it very well, 
if she did wet her crew pretty thoroughly. 
Landing at the pier at Seaside Park, we strolled over 
and took a look at the ocean, which seemed to us scarcely 
so rough as the bay we had just crossed. Then the 
Cook heated up his stew and trse crew were so hungry 
he had to go and buy some ham and eggs to supplement 
